Cioppino with spot prawns & halibut cheeks!

Cioppino! Sea Forager Superstar Ang Wisco shares her recipe for the miracle seafood dish we all love, now with exceptional Ingredients: (serves 10)

• 1/2lb each: Halibut cheeks, spot prawns, & mussels

• Olive oil

• Sesame oil

• Butter

• Onions (white or yellow)

• Garlic

• Tomatoes

• Red pepper

• Yellow pepper

• Cherry bomb pepper (a little spicy)

• Celery

• Carrot

• Potatoes (fingerling)

• Thyme

• Oregano

• White wine

• Water

• Salt

• Meyer lemon

• Yuzu if you have it

Method:

1. Stir fry onions until brown in sesame oil (or neutral oil)

2. Add chopped garlic, fry garlic until light brown

3. Add red and yellow peppers and 1-2 tbsp olive oil, stir together so garlic doesn’t burn, fry for a couple mins

4. Add tomatoes, celery, carrots, fingerling potatoes

5. Add thyme and oregano

6. Add white wine

7. Add 1-2 tbsp butter

8. Add Cherry bomb pepper (a little spicy), chopped fine

9. Add lemon juice (maybe 1/4 lemon)

10. Got yuzu? Add yuzu juice! About half of a yuzu, no seeds

11. Add water to desired level of soupiness

12. Simmer all the non fishy stuff for at least 30 min. The longer the better, a couple hours if you can.

13. While it’s simmering, in this order, put in halibut cheeks, after 3-4 min put in spot prawns, after 2 min put in mussels and let it simmer for another 4 min. (Total simmer times: halibut 8-10 mins, prawns 5-6 mins, mussels 3-4 mins)

14. Serve right away! (Or else the mussels and prawns will continue to cook and get less tender)

Suggest serving with lightly toasted sourdough bread and butter